MISSIO N W O R K S H O P
PRESENTS
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TOUR
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MISSIO N W O R K S H O P
PRESENTS
(
ON THE ROAD WITH T Y C H O
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TOUR
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ADJECTIVE.
EXPRESSED CLEARLY; EASY TO UNDERSTAND. ( FEELING AWAKE, AWARE OF DREAMING AND ABLE TO CONTROL EVENTS CONSCIOUSLY. )
002
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BRIGHT OR LUMINOUS
(
INTELLIGIBLE, COMPREHENSIBLE, UNDERSTANDABLE, COGENT, COHERENT, ARTICULATE.
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THE
MUSIC_
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VIVID AND VAGUE; BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN REALITY AND DREAMS. �
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- SCOTT HANSEN
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WORDS
FROM
SCOTT
THE STORY
INTERVIEW /
FILTER
BY
BREANNA
MURPHY
MAGAZINE
OVER THE PAST DECADE OR MORE, TWO ARTISTIC SIDES OF SCOTT HANSEN HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN A STATE OF EVOLUTIONARY CONVERGENCE. AS THE MUSICAL PROJECT, TYCHO, HANSEN CRAFTS CINEMATIC LANDSCAPES UTILIZING A MIXTURE OF
LIVE
INSTRUMENTATION
AND
ELECTRONICS
THAT ECHO AND RESONATE ACROSS OPEN, BEAUTIFUL
SPACES,
SOUNDTRACKING
INTERSTELLAR
ROADTRIPS AS EASILY AS DEEP-SEA DIVING. FOR
ITS
LATEST
ALBUM,
AWAKE,
TYCHO
PLE AND TO CREATE MORE OF A “BAND RECORD.” HAS
MATURED PAST ITS BEGINNINGS AS A ONE-MAN BAND UTILIZING SYNTHESIZERS AND DRUM MACHINES
TO
FULL
LIVE
INSTRUMENTATION
BY
BASS PLAYER, ZAC BROWN, AND DRUMMER, RORY O’CONNOR, WITH WHOM HANSEN HAS PERFORMED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. UNLIKE ITS PREVIOUS
RECORDS,
THE
RECORDING
OF
TYCHO’S
NEW LP, AWAKE, WAS COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN THE THREE MUSICIANS, WITH SESSIONS OCCURRING IN LAKE TAHOE, SANTA CRUZ AND SAN FRANCISCO.
I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK WITH OTHER PEOTHAT’S WHAT [AWAKE] IS. WHEN I HEAR THIS RECORD, I HEAR THE THING THAT I HAD ENVISIONED
ALL
THESE
YEARS;
I
JUST
REALLY
WASN’T ABLE TO DO IT [BEFORE]. WE SPENT TONS OF TIME ON ARRANGEMENT AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT MADE SENSE FOR THE ALBUM AS A WHOLE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS AT THE END THAT STRUCK ME THE MOST ABOUT IT; THAT [AWAKE]
FEELS
LIKE
THIS
COHESIVE
RECORD
WHERE WE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO AS FAR AS THE CONCEPT, AS OPPOSED TO FINDING OUR WAY AS WE WENT. SO [IN THE PAST], I MADE THESE OTHER SONGS THAT WERE FINDING MY WAY AROUND THAT, BUT WITH THIS, I THINK WE REALLY GOT TO THE CENTER OF IT AND THAT IS REALLY FULFILLING.
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THE
STORY
(
CONT.)
VISUAL ARTIST BEFORE HE BECAME A MUSICIAN, HANSEN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND PAID THE BILLS WORKING IN WEB AND GRAPHIC DESIGN. “PURELY THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY, ART CAME NATURALLY. I GUESS I ALWAYS THOUGHT
OF
MUSIC
AS
A
THING
THAT
HAS
A
HIGH BARRIER TO ENTRY — YOU NEEDED AN EXPENSIVE INSTRUMENT AND TO KNOW HOW TO PLAY — AND [WITH] A PEN AND INK, YOU COULD JUST SIT D O W N A N D S T A R T D R A W I N G . LI KE THE MUSIC B ENEATH THE COVERS, HANSEN’S A R T I S M U L T I L A Y ERED, VIBRANT AND UNIVERSAL; TRANSPORTING ITS AUDIENCE TO PLACES VAGUELY FAMILIAR YET THOROUGHLY OTHERWORLDLY. “TO
A
CERTAIN
EXTENT,
SOME
IDEA THAT I’VE BEEN GOING FOR FOR A LONG TIME. THAT’S AN OLD THING IN DESIGN, THAT AS GRAPHIC DESIGNERS AGE, THEY TEND TOWARD
OF
THE
FIRST
MUSIC I PUT TOGETHER WAS MORE JUST TO HAVE A REASON TO DESIGN SOMETHING. IT WENT HAND IN HAND.” BUT [AWAKE] IS MORE ABOUT A VERY SPECIFIC IDEA. THE WAY THOSE COLORS FIT TOGETHER AND THE PROPORTION OF EACH TO EACH OTHER, AND THERE’S EIGHT OF THEM, ONE FOR EACH SONG.
THE WAY IT LOOKS, TO ME, ENCAPSULATES THIS
MINIMALISM, AND I THINK IT’S BECAUSE YOU LEARN SLOWLY HOW TO EXPRESS YOURSELF MORE EFFICIENTLY
AND,
AS
A
RESULT,
YOUR
WORK
IS GOING TO BECOME WHAT OUTSIDE OBSERVERS WOULD CONSIDER “MINIMAL.” AND YET, DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENCES, THE BINARY WORLDS OF ISO50 AND TYCHO COALESCE TOGETHER ORGANICALLY,
INTERSECTING
AND
INTERACTING
FROM THEIR INDIVIDUAL ORBITS, WITH HANSEN ALW A Y S AT THE CENTER, CRAFTING THE STRIKI N G VISUALS THAT ACCOMPANY HIS SOUNDSCAPING ODYSSEYS. TYCHO // MISSION WORKSHOP
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PLACES INSPIRE
[
]
(
AWAKE
/
TRACK
LIST
WHEN I WAS A KID, WE USED TO TRAVEL THROUGH
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THE MIDWEST — MONTANA, WYOMING, SOUTH DA-
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MONTANA
KOTA,
STRONG
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L
CONNECTION TO THOSE PLACES AS A KID AND
NEBRASKA.
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DYE
I LOST TOUCH WITH THAT WHEN I WAS OLDER.
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SEE
BUT THEN, THROUGH TOURING, WE’VE BEEN TO
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APOGEE
ALL THOSE PLACES... ARIZONA AND NEW MEX-
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SPECTRE
ICO,
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PLAINS
ALL
THESE
I
FELT
A
BEAUTIFUL
REALLY
DESERT
SPACES,
ALL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE U.S. THAT IS WHAT INSPIRED THIS WHOLE RECORD: WIDEOPEN SPACES. ONE OF THE SONGS IS CALLED ‘PLAINS,’ ONE OF THE SONGS IS CALLED ‘MONTANA.’
THE
COVER
IS
LIKE
THIS
FLAG
ALBUM ARTWORK CREATED BY SCOTT HANSEN
FOR
THIS IMAGINARY PLACE THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL THAT SPACE. LIKE A REGIONAL FLAG FOR WHAT THOSE
PLACES
MEAN
TO
ME,
VISUALLY,
AND
THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU’RE THERE. THAT’S WHAT THIS ALBUM IS ABOUT FOR ME: TRYING TO EXPRESS THAT IDEA, THE WAY THAT THOSE PLACES FEEL TO ME IN MUSIC.
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W
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IT’S BEEN EFFECTED IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT FEEL OTHERWORLDLY. 001
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AWAKE
2014
TOUR
MAR 19
SANTA CRUZ, CA
MAR 20
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
DATES
&
LOCATIONS
MAR 26
LONDON, UK
MAR 27
PARIS, FRANCE
APR 09
MILWAUKEE, WI
MAR 28
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
APR 10
CHICAGO, IL
MAR 29
MILAN, ITALY
APR 11
PONTIAC, MI
MAR 30
BERLIN, GERMANY
APR 12
TORONTO, CANADA
APR 04
DENVER, CO
APR 14
MONTREAL, CANADA
APR 05
FORT COLLINS, CO
APR 15
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT
APR 07
OMAHA, NE
APR 17
CAMBRIDGE, MA
APR 08
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
APR 18
NEW YORK, NY
APR 19
PHILADELPHIA, PA
APR 20
WASHINGTON, DC
APR 22
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
APR 23
CARRBORO, NC
APR 24
CHARLOTTE, NC
APR 25
ORLANDO, FL
APR 27
KINGSTON, GA
APR 28
NEW ORLEANS, LA
APR 29
HOUSTON, TX
MAY 01
AUSTIN, TX
MAY 05
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
MAY 06
TUCSON, AZ
MAY 08
LOS ANGELES, CA
MAY 10
SACRAMENTO, CA
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MATTER
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CREDITS)
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ALBUM ARTWORK BY SCOTT HANSEN
PRODUCED BY MISSION WORKSHOP DESIGNED BY LYNDI PRIEST PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARC LEMOINE EVAN DUDLEY ARTICLE BY BREANNA MURPHY / FILTER MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY EDITION ONE BOOKS
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